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bhoga : [m.] possession; wealth; enjoyment; the coil of a snake.

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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

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Bhoga1 [fr. bhuñj: see bhuñjati] 1. enjoyment A iv.392 (kāmaguṇesu bh.). -- 2. possession, wealth D iii.77; Sn 301, 421; Dh 139, 355; Pug 30, 57; Sdhp 86, 228, 264. -- appa˚ little or no possession Sn 114.
-- khandha a mass of wealth, great possessions D ii.86 (one of the 5 profits accruing from virtue). -- gāma "village of revenue," a tributary village, i. e. a village which has to pay tribute or contributions (in food etc.) to the owner of its ground. The latter is called gāmabhojaka or gāmapati "landlord" J ii.135. Cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 71, 112. -- cāgin giving riches, liberal A iii.128.. -- pārijuñña loss of property or possessions VvA 101. -- mada pride or conceit of wealthVbhA 466. -- vāsin, as f. vāsinī "living in property," i. e. to be enjoyed or made use of occasionally, one of the 10 kinds of wives: a kept woman Vin iii.139, 140; cp. M i.286.